BURTON v. KINNEY


231 S.W.2d 356 (1950)

BURTON et al. v. KINNEY et al.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

June 9, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bond & Haywood and Gray & Gray, of Brownsville, for complainants.

Caruthers Ewing, Memphis, H. W. Laughlin, Jr., Memphis, A. M. Carlton, Brownsville, for defendants.


NEIL, Chief Justice.

This appeal involves the construction of the last will and testament of William Kinney who died in Haywood County in October, 1940. He left the following holographic will by which he disposed of a very large estate consisting of both real and personal property:

"Last Will & Testament of William Kinney. "December 10, 1934.

"I devise to my beloved wife, Marie Kinney...

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